Morelia International Film Festival

NEWS

The application period for Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards 2010  closes on August 30.
26.08.10   By: Clara Sánchez translated by Cindy Hawes
The British Council and Conaculta are looking for creative and enterprising young people who are managing or promoting a venture centered on film, television and interactive media to represent Mexico in the International Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards 2010”. The application period closes on August 30.

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Señora Pájaro (Mrs. Bird) by Véronique Decroix, Best Fiction Short FICM 2009
26.08.10   By: Clara Sánchez con información de Notimex
The seventh edition of Celebrate México Now, a cultural festival that encompasses film, music, literature and visual arts in multimedia platforms, will exhibit a program of award-winning short films from the 7th Morelia International Film Festival on September 17, at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

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Second Call: “A Minute for Human Rights”
23.08.10   By: Clara Sánchez translated by Cindy Hawes
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico announced a call, on Thursday, August 19th, for the second “cineminuto” competition, entitled “One Minute on Human Rights.” “Cineminutos” are short, on-screen ads shown in theaters prior to a feature film.

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Alamar by Pedro González Rubio, Best Feature and Audience Award FICM 2009.
16.08.10   By: Clara Sánchez translated by Cindy Hawes
Alamar by Pedro González Rubio (Best Feature and Audience Award FICM 2009) won the Best Feature Film at the XXVIII Uruguayan International Film Festival on Saturday, August 14. More than 200 productions from 30 countries participated in the festival.

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10.08.10   By: Clara Sánchez translated by Cindy Hawes
The Morelia International Film Festival and the Cineteca Nacional will present Monsiváis Imprescindible, a cycle of 12 classic Mexican films, curated by film critic Carlos Bonfil. Two of the films, El compadre Mendoza (1933) and ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1936), both by Fernando de Fuentes, are restored copies.

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